New to Linux and trying to get ownership on NTFS drives on dual boot system

[Alchemix]

Aragorn, I do not disagree at all about that point, and was considering putting in my rant that if you have no previous computer experience, starting with Linux is as easy or hard as any other OS. But let’s be honest that isn’t going to be the case for most people.

[Nicarye]

@bedna

Example.
Someone failed to use the fstab. What I THINK should happen here:

1. Understand WHY it failed,
2. Change to a functional setup in fstab
3. Analyze and understand.

Then when everything is working:

1. Create the systemd file/files (if you want automount)
2. Comment out the lines in fstab (put # in front of the mount lines)
3. Enable the systemd service.
4. Analyze.

Just “doing things” doesn’t really teach you anything unless you understand WHAT you are doing.

My humble opinion is to get the “old” ways to work first (I would not recommend btrfs as first user f ex).
Understand the filesystem and THEN implement more features.
In the long run everybody will benefit from these procedures.

Edit
And if you dont have it already, create a “notes.txt” file or something where you CONSTANTLY makes notes of what you do/learn. Old examples that you found usful.
Start saving links to wikis and tutorials in your web browser for easy access later.
NOBODY remembers all commands and structures, that is what notes/wikis are for.

You are very much correct on that I want to learn and that my mistakes are that I am probably not documenting the changes I make as well as trying to understand and learn the file system/structure of how linux works and runs. Its a lot to take in at first glance buy I know with everything practice makes things click or stick. I enjoy things with computers as it gives me a chance to troubleshoot and learn something new everytime. I feel as I have reached a point in life where with Windows I haven’t learned anything new and not much has changed. I’ve used Mac OS, Windows and dabbled a little in Linux back in the 2000’s. I really want to learn the Linux Manjaro OS and move from Windows which isn’t really an OS but more of a marketing tool for Microsoft now then what it was back in Windows 8.1
I think the other thing that has me currently is understanding the verbiage for the OS and exactly how to do things that Linux users already know from using it so much. I have seen people posting their system spec in the correct format for the forums but I don’t even know where to go or what to type (if in terminal) to get that information.

[Nicarye]

@bedna

Edit

@Aragorn

which means that not even the OP has clicked on those links.

That is not necessarily true, although it might be in this case, I don’t know.
You pulled that one on me too once an unfortunately the lack of the “button press” caused some friction that was never my intention.
But some ppl are just VERY careful of how they are being tracked online. I might be one of those persons. xD

I have check the links, some of them I have stumbled upon before they were presented in this post. I do try to understand everything everyone sends links to and that is usually where I come back with more questions to better understand what I read.

[Teo]

/offtopic

I don’t think the link counter works/shows for links that are quoted and collapsed. I have clicked them too.